LESSONS LEARNED
1. In Cocoa, implementing the quality improvement model with partners who have secured international purchase contracts and are implementing a certification program is crucial for the success of interventions, aimed at promoting the production of good quality cocoa beans. The sector team found that interventions with off-takers who were willing, but did not have purchase contracts with international buyers, were unsuccessful. This was buttressed by the success of PIND’s partnership with Subjugate Nigeria Limited, a partner who has international purchase agreements, for its cocoa pilot intervention. Going forward, PIND will identify, engage with and only partner with off-takers that meet these criteria, to scale up the quality improvement intervention in the cocoa sector.
2. Diversification of NDLink’s digital portfolio is key to sustaining its audience and reach, especially as the world enters into a period of harsh internet governance with several social media bans recorded across Africa. It is therefore important to invest in the growth of NDLink’s accounts on all social media platforms, to increase PIND’s general reach and audience.
3. The early warning and reporting training is proving useful, as nearly all P4P members who have attended the training said that they have reported conflict and security incidents to security institutions. This is indicative of growing trust of and potential collaboration, between security agencies and civil society organizations, as well as the citizenry in the Niger Delta.
